Joseph Houck’s sunny, self-assured music receives a glowup on his latest, Haunts & Wants, thanks to the backing of a Memphis-inspired horn band and backing vocals. When we last checked in with Houck, his folk rock-inspired music was confident and…
Terra Lightfoot’s pulsating album Healing Power is unlike anything you’re likely to hear any time soon — and you’re unlikely to get these earworms out of your head, either. Healing Power is what I can only describe as heartland funk…
Every so often, you listen to an album the whole way through and are left breathless. The artist has laid it all out, baring their soul, giving you a new perspective on your own life. Surely, this is their height.…
It doesn’t take much deductive reasoning, or even a sensitive ear, to pick up the commonalities between country music and ranchera. But if you need the point illustrated, Mireya Ramos & The Poor Choices will do it for you while…
They say it takes a lifetime to write your first album, and Roberta Lea has lived a full one that informs Too Much of a Woman. Lea, a former high school Spanish teacher and mother of two, brings her self-assurance…